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Thoreau, NM

1,973 Population
39.5 square miles 50 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±5.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 34.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Mexico: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,920 ±$2,447 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: $20,856 ±$807
  • about half the amount in New Mexico: $36,218 ±$281
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,469 ±$11,121 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: $47,668 ±$2,757
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New Mexico: $64,059 ±$808
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

27.5% ±8.1% (542  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 33.2% 23,187 (±2.3% / ±1,579)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Mexico: 17.8% 370,915 (±0.4% / ±8,323)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

46.5 minutes ±16.9 (25,180  ±5,546) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 27 581,410 (±1.3 / ±34,202)
  • about double the figure in New Mexico: 23.5 18,878,416 (±0.3 / ±270,635)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

627 ±109 Number of households
  • the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 21,353 ±242
  • New Mexico: 837,414 ±2,650
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.2 ±0.1 (1,973  ±348) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 3.3 69,368 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New Mexico: 2.5 2,077,201
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±3.7% (22  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 3.9% † 671 (±1.1% / ±190)
  • a little less than the rate in New Mexico: 5.3% 24,992 (±0.3% / ±1,586)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

782 ±103 Number of housing units
  • the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 25,304 ±50
  • New Mexico: 956,964 ±262
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$95,200 ±$34,555 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: $78,700 ±$5,118
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New Mexico: $248,100 ±$1,957
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.3% ±1.9% (25  ±36.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 5.4% † 3,805 (±1.2% / ±821.4)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 11.9% 249,702 (±0.3% / ±6,323.4)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.8% ±1.4% (1,072  ±211.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 81.9% 36,834 (±2.4% / ±1,079.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Mexico: 88% 1,286,568 (±0.6% / ±9,220.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
4.2% ±3% (56  ±40.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 13.3% 5,985 (±1.1% / ±481.5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New Mexico: 31% 452,729 (±0.4% / ±5,455.3)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.1% ±1.7% (42  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 2.4% 1,711
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New Mexico: 9.4% 199,738
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±2.4% (76  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Gallup, NM Micro Area: 4.3% † 2,205 (±0.6% / ±294)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Mexico: 7.9% 130,343 (±0.2% / ±2,971)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
76 Total veterans ±38 76 Male ±38 N/A Female ±14

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